Border Patrol SUV Runs Over Man, Drives Off (WATCH)

TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION RESERVATION — The U.S. Border Patrol is “actively investigating” after video posted on social media showed an official agency vehicle running over a man from a Native American tribe. Video posted to Twitter and Facebook shows a Paulo Remes, 33, walk into the middle of a dirt road as a Border Patrol SUV turns around ahead of him. The man stands on the road and records the vehicle plow directly into him, then drive away.

The incident happened around 5 p.m. Friday in the Topawa Village of the Tohono O’odham Nation, the group Indivisible Tohono said in a release. Remes, a member of the tribe who recorded the video, can be heard saying "They just ran me over, bro."

Remes had been outside his family's home when he saw an agent near his grandparents' home, the group said. When he started to film, the agent accelerated toward him and ran him over.

"Paulo was knocked to the ground, the agent did not stop to check on him, but instead fled the scene," the group said.

Remes told the Arizona Daily start he knew if he ran into the street, the agent might try to hit him.

“I ran into the dirt road in front of my house, because I know they’ll try and hit me,” he said. “I think he saw me on the landline and didn’t think I was recording.”

Remes was treated at a hospital for injuries and has returned to his home with his family. His mother is calling for "justice."

"Justice needs to be done on these people who take human life for granted," she said in the release.

The Border Patrol told The New York Times in a statement that it was investigating and does not tolerate "misconduct" on or off duty. A spokesman for the agency told the newspaper he couldn't release the name of the agent in question.

Edward Manuel, chairman of the tribe, told the newspaper in a statement the tribe’s police department is also investigating along with the FBI and the U.S. attorney’s office.

The reservation is 2.8 million acres and shares 75 miles of international border with the U.S. and Mexico, which divides the tribe's land in half. It is located about 65 miles west of Tucson.

Official press release from Paulo Remes & his family. Remes is the victim of violence in the video above. They ask that you share & contact the representatives listed at the end of the press release. pic.twitter.com/6IhBFQTHk3
— Indivisible Tohono (@Indivisible_TO) June 16, 2018

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